Kirby: Right Back At Ya! Fan Fiction ❯ Always Over Us (NOU1) ❯ No less ( Chapter 5 )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

"Ok, some good ol' afternoon training should be good!" the silver young lay said as they got to Fumu's make-shift training area. "Hey, not bad with the training ground. I see you're focused on speed training." "What makes you say that?" "You have a lot of light stuff, and jumping gaps", Silica pointed out. "I didn't know what I was doing when I made this. I just followed the internet's directions." "That doesn't make it any less good." Silica took an aggressive position putting up her fists. "Hand to hand, ok? You won't always be able to the stretches so you need to be able to be witty." Fortunately, Fumu got into the habit of doing morning stretches in her room. She didn't know how good she would be against something like Garlude's daughter without her hammer, but now it was time to give it a shoot!

Silica made the first move, instead of waiting on Fumu to be the aggressive one. The yellow one successfully blocked a punch, and turned it around on her, but didn't land her kick. Silica turned herself to the side and grabs Fumu's ankle and flipped her face-down to the ground. The amteure was already good at recovering - as she jumped from the ground away from Silica. She wasn't expecting that, but she smirked quite pleased with where Fumu already was at this point.

The yellow teen was the one to make the aggressive move next, as she made another attempt at a kick. Silica dodged it, but Fumu through herself upside down and landed a swinging inward kick to her training partner's arm. Silica moved back and smiled. "That was an intuitive move, but it didn't have any force behind it. You'll have to attack much harder than that to do damage." They both straightened up. "Fumu, there are more ways to defend yourself, than direct attacks. You could practice evasive tactics, as well. It's not always best to be head-on." "I know, but it's the best way to handle you", she replied with a smirk. "Oh, really?! Well, come on, then", Garlude's offspring replied, and waved Fumu over for her to attack first. Fumu ran at her then let out a yell as she throw a stronger kick. Silica simply moved out of the way, and pushed Fumu off course by the stomach. The young lady rolled off to the side in the grass. She got up confused at how she wasn't hurt by just being flung away like a fly.

"You have a lot to learn, but it's not like you're starting from square one. You have a lot of energy and drive. You need more focus. And, for focus you need a goal. What do you need to accomplish?" She pulled the flipped one off the ground, but they both sat down when she started wobbling. "What do I need to...? I honestly don't know anymore." "Your goals have changed, or you have various ones?" "It started with wanting to be able to bet Dedede when it was time to over throw him, but I knew that wouldn't be hard and I wouldn't be doing it alone." To that, the Star Warrior offspring smiled but she didn't interrupt the train of thought. "But, then it became about protecting the little kids. Then, protecting Kirby as best I could. Honestly, that was more of a motherly thing than a fighting thing. I had to protect myself, at some point. I don't know what my calling is, now. Dedede is gone thanks to everyone. I'm not interested in chasing the remaining Demon Beasts. I think I've been called to fight for myself again, but when it comes to things regarding myself I would prefer intellectual battles. It's just unfortunate others don't feel the same way. I know when someone comes looking for me to move me out of my position it will be by the most force they can use, which will result in my death. No one will think it's hard to kill a woman. Especially a woman in a prissy princess position." Silica frowned and looked at between her legs to the ground. "It's not that simple. If you really want to be gruesome - as a female they would sooner degrade you to a sex slave before they killed you. They wouldn't mind killing your brother, however."

Fumu glared at Silica. "Exactly. I will prove to held equal to any man. I will not be tamed, and will not be raped. I will not be moved without death." Silica looked at her with a knowing smile. "Looks like someone would interested in learning weapons! Hand-to-hand and evasion are good, but in terms of over throwing someone's authority you'll need some help when no one's around to help you." "I know that! I'm training to be the final boss, for anyone foolish enough to challenge me!" "And, THERE'S your focus! To be the untamable!" "YES!" Fumu jumped up with renewed strength. "But, that means you'll have to do what I did. There's no form of formal training that can teach you that, because it's all based on your survival instincts. You need to learn how to fight for your life, because you are."

Silica got up beside her and put her hands on the the younger's shoulders. "There's a difference between fighting for your life, and fighting for domination. The situation calls for how different they are. When I trained in the forest, I wasn't training to dominate the forest." Fumu looked at her just as seriously as this called for, but she didn't completely understand what Silica was saying. She figured that she wouldn't until she took the some trails as the warrior before her.

Meta Knight had been there the whole time, out of sight. Dispute what happened before the battle with Nightmare it was like someone had hit the reset button on them. He knew it was mostly him that put in the new distance between them, even after he had gotten so far as to kiss her. She wasn't even pressing the issue with all the new things coming up, and he didn't know about her feelings for Silica. At the same time, he didn't feel that what they had was anything less genuine. Now he was going from the times they had in re-teaching him how to fly to having her blood on his hands if he failed in his duty to protect her. Those things will not happen to her, because he will be there to stop them!